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YAS has joined Young Academies around the globe in developing a declaration on their joint core principles of operation titled the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Young Academies. The signatories, including YAS, feel strongly that they have a key role to play in helping…

The RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh), Scotland’s National Academy; Cara (Council for At-Risk Academics) and the RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) are delighted to announce that Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, former Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will be delivering a lecture at the…

YAS member Siobhan O’Connor, a Lecturer in Nursing Studies, will be joining the editorial team at the International Journal of Older People Nursing (IJOPN), one of the top ranked gerontological nursing journals. Under the direction of Editor-in-Chief, Professor Sarah H. Kagan at the University of…

Workshop As part of our ongoing project to create a Charter for Responsible Debate, YAS will hold an expert workshop on ‘Debating and Disagreeing’ at MILLENNIFEST Edinburgh on Saturday 26 October. MILLENNIFEST is a flagship event series hosted by think tank Common Vision. This touring…

Workshop What principles do you think should govern political debate? Democracies pride themselves on allowing space for free political discussion as a way of reaching a compromise. But political conversation in parliaments, on TV and on social media seems to be increasingly polarised. Join us…

Workshop In this fascinating lecture, Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, former Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will examine the role of  Scottish Enlightenment thought in shaping contemporary human rights ideas.  The lecture will look at Scottish Enlightenment ideas in the intellectual and policy streams…

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our YAS colleague and friend Stefania Spanò. Stefania was Professor of Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, and valued member of the Young Academy of Scotland since 2018. Stefania grew up and graduated in Italy, obtaining…

Workshop Are there better and worse ways to disagree with one another? This workshop considers what underpins and threatens responsible debate. The outcomes of this discussion will i Workshop Migration and border control are used as increasingly divisive political tools. This often leads to a…

The challenges of ageing must be faced by the young, according to Transforming the Future of Ageing, published today by Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA) and led by the Federation of European Academies of Medicine. The authors of the report were leading…